Winter may have taken hold, but plans are already being made for next year’s Falmouth Spring Festival with Tempus Leisure, which runs the Princess Pavilion and Gyllyngdune Gardens, being announced as the title sponsor.

Funded and organised by the Falmouth Business Improvement District (BID), the festival is the first main event of Falmouth’s calendar, an early season idea designed to raise Falmouth’s profile and help town businesses. It celebrates Falmouth’s open spaces through a host of music, dance, sporting events, walks and “spring clean” activities that take place at numerous venues both indoor and outdoor, across the town.

The festival also has a strong community ethos with schools, volunteer groups and charities all involved and working in partnership with the Falmouth BID to celebrate Falmouth’s special coastal environment and historic town centre in as many innovative ways as possible.

This is exemplified by the Paint the Town Yellow Day which sees the town’s primary schools, Falmouth University students and around 100 businesses working together and using 10,000 daffodils to design, spring-themed shop front displays to brighten up the town at the start of Spring Festival week.

Richard Richard Wilcox, Falmouth BID manager said: “I’m thrilled to have an organisation of the calibre of Tempus Leisure on board and it perhaps is a measure of how far the festival has come in recent years. The events organised are intended to be diverse and eclectic and 2015 will see a creative mix of new and established activities to hopefully attract many more visitors.

“And now with the support of Tempus Leisure, we can look to grow and develop the festival in exciting ways, thereby providing even more of a significant early season boost for the town and its businesses.”

Jacqui Owen, visitor and education officer at Gyllyngdune Gardens, added: “Tempus Leisure is about providing opportunities that inspire active communities, which is why we are so delighted to be sponsoring the Falmouth Spring Festival again this year.

“Princess Pavilion and Gyllyngdune Gardens have been at the heart of our community for over 100 years. Continuing to support this event provides a chance for our fantastic community to come together to celebrate our beautiful town and share all that Falmouth has to offer for both locals and visitors alike.”

The full festival schedule has yet to be finalised, but highlights include Paint the Town Yellow Day on March 12; spring clean days over the following two days; Falmouth half marathon on March 15; Falmouth Spring Flower Show on March 21 and 22 and the Cider and Folk Fayre the weekend after. The expanding schedule can be viewed at www.falmouth.co.uk.